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Susan Crawford: Cybersecurity requires patches

Cybersecurity Requires
Patches, Not a Vast Bill: Susan Crawford
BusinessWeek
29 (Bloomberg) -- When cybersecurity problems
arise, the best response is to adopt a patch as soon as it's available. You
don't want to wait for an entirely new operating system to be created, and
you really don't want to use such a system until it has ...

UK Cyber-Security Strategy
Beefs Up Defenses, Information Sharing
eWeek
The Cyber-Security Strategy
will create a national digital crime investigative unit, a public-private hub
to share cyber-threat intelligence and make it easier to report cyber-crimes.
The United Kingdom outlined plans to secure critical infrastructure ...

White House, Congress Renew Cybersecurity Push
TechNewsWorld
"Some good news: just last week, we had a very encouraging meeting with
a bipartisan group of Senators that ended with agreement to work together to enact cyber security legislation as
soon as possible," said Howard Schmidt, cybersecurity coordinator ...

Cyber security must
focus on users, not just attackers
TechJournal South
Now, researchers at the Maryland Cybersecurity Center have reaffirmed that security
measures must aim at users, not just attackers. ”Users expose the network
to attacks,” one said. In a unique collaboration, an engineer and a
criminologist at the ...

Cybersecurity Demands
Patches, Not Vast Bill: Susan Crawford
Bloomberg
By Susan Crawford Tue Nov 29 00:15:59 GMT 2011 Comments When cybersecurityproblems arise, the
best response is to adopt a patch as soon as it's available. You don't want
to wait for an entirely new operating system to be created, and you really
don't ...

FCC Cyber Security Tips
for Small Businesses
IT Business Edge (blog)
The FCC published a list of "Ten Cybersecurity Tips for Small Businesses" earlier this
year, which you can access here (pdf). In case you haven't seen it, however,
I've highlight the 10 pointers below with my take on the various tips and
links for ...

Students win cyber-security challenge
UConn Daily Campus
With banking and business, as well as personal and national security
information, being conducted online cyber-security and privacy is increasingly important. As
the world's digital world continues to expand, cyber-security has become a career ...

Charlie Miller, former hacker now working on cybersecurity
NATO Community
Charlie Miller is a former hacker who has become an information security
consultant. He was invited to the conference on cyber conflict held by the
NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn in June, where
he talked about the ...

Cyber Security
WGBA-TV
By NBC26 News Team A new survey shows more people plan to shop using their
tablet or smartphones. Experts warn that security software for mobile devices
is far behind normal desktop computers. They say the best way to protect
yourself is a password ...

FBI Gets $18 Million to Bolster Cybersecurity Training
GovInfoSecurity.com
Despite the admission by some FBI agents that they had meager networking
and counterintelligence know-how, the bureau has demonstrated the ability
to use its knowledge of cybersecurity techniques
to move against cybercriminals. ...

Cyber Awareness: Your Responsibility
GovInfoSecurity.com
Those organizations include the National Cybersecurity Alliance, StaySafeOnline.org and the
Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Month, all of which aim at teaching the
importance of being safe on the Internet, safe Internet ...

U.S. Military Chief: "We're under constant attack every
day"
Examiner.com
Nov 28, 2011 On Monday, the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
General Martin Dempsey warned about the constant breaches to the
nation's cyber-security and
continued vulnerability to cyber-terrorism. US military officials have
frequently warned ...

Ethical hacking contest at Amrita University
The Hindu
Amrita Centre for Cyber Security of
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is conducting 'India Capture the Flag (InCTF)', an
ethical hacking contest. It is to promote awareness about cyber security among students
and hive them hands on experience in secure coding ...

Invincea Finishing 2011 With New Funding and Strong Momentum
MarketWatch (press release)
... the Fortune 100 --
Recognized Leadership: -- Invincea CEO Anup Ghosh was recently appointed as a
member of the National Academy of Engineering's Naval Studies Board to
contribute to the development of the US Navy's future cyber security strategies. ...

Twitter buys mobile security firm Whisper Systems
Digitaltrends.com
Twitter is likely about to get more secure with its newly announced
acquisition of cybersecurity firm
Whisper Systems. Twitter has purchased cybersecurity firm Whisper Systems, which is best known for
its antivirus software for Google's Android mobile ...

IEEE Experts Predict Smartphone Hacking Will Soar in 2012
PR Newswire (press release)
Dr. Madjid Merabti, an IEEE Senior Member and Professor of Networked Systems
at Liverpool John Moores University, UK, says while the public has been
trained to recognize cyber-security threats
associated with their PCs and laptops, they do not see ...

Day in pictures: 29 November 2011
BBC News
He met Herman Van Rompuy (left) and Jose Manuel Barroso (right) at the
White House in a discussion that covered US-EU trade ties, foreign aid
and cybersecurity. In
Germany, police watch over anti-nuclear protesters as lorries carrying
nuclear waste ...

No evidence of hacking at Illinois water plant, says DHS
Fierce Homeland Security
In a bulletin (.pdf), DHS says US-CERT and FBI cybersecurity teams sent to the water plant near
Springfield, Ill. found no evidence of cyber intrusions, nor any evidence
that plant credentials were stolen, or that the vendor was involved in
malicious ...

Fraud survey reveals extent of cyber crime
SC Magazine UK
William Beer, director of cyber
security services at PwC, said: “Organisations face serious
threats from cyber criminals from within as well as outside. It is clear that
senior executives need to take these risks more seriously. ...

Control systems, incident reporting and online news
Intelligent Utility
I discuss it here because the narrative arc maps directly to the power sector
and its concerns aroundcyber security in
the age of grid modernization. This narrative is likely to be repeated in the
near future until it resembles the first half of the ...

US vulnerable to cyber attacks: Military chief
Times of India
The comments by General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, were the latest by US military officials flagging cyber security as an area of
growing focus and investment even as the Pentagon braces for declining
budgets. ...

North Korea trains sights on Blue House
Asia Times Online
AP quoted November 8, 2011, Richard Clarke, a top adviser to three presidents
for cybersecurity, as
warning against going to war with North Korea: Clarke said if he was advising
the president he would warn against attacking other countries because
so ...

Commentary: Private Sector Neglects Cyber Security | The
National ...
By Amitai Etzioni
One major reason the United States is subject to damaging cyber raids is that
significant segments of the business community refuse to erect much-needed
cyber defenses. Such defenses cannot be limited to the public sector because
much of ...
The National Interest

UK: Cyber-
Security Strategy: Government Lays Out Details Of Its ...
By Mikhail Doroshevich
The government plans to use GCHQ resources and expertise to ensure the UK
private sector has a robust cyber-security strategy
in place and is protected from malicious attacks. This is one of the many
pronged approaches the government ...
Information Policy

UK must get its cybersecurity act
together, says David Blunkett ...
By Blackmere
The government is paying lip service to cybersecurity, yet cutting essential services at the same
time, says David Blunkett, MP and chairman of the International Cyber Security Protection
Alliance. With the publication of the new national ...
Blackmere Consulting

DHS wins national cybersecurity award for DNSSEC work ...
By Graveline
The SANS Institute, which operates the Internet Storm Center, has awarded the
2011 U.S. NationalCybersecurity Innovation
award to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cyber SecurityResearch &
Development Center. The center is ...
DNSSEC Deployment Initiative

White House, Congress Renew Cybersecurity Push | Knowledge ...
By John K. Higgins
In a rare showing of bipartisanship, members of Congress and the White House
are trying to breathe new life into the effort to enact national cybersecurity legislation. In
a recent flurry of activity, mainly between the Obama administration
and ...
Knowledge Hub Networks

UK Government's new Cyber Security Strategy - Electronic ...
By Panos Korkovelos
The Uk Government has published its new Cyber Security Strategy, under which it "sets out
how the UK will support economic prosperity, protect national security and
safeguard the public's way of life by building a more trusted and
resilient ...
Electronic Communications Regulation...

Intellect Blog » Blog Archive » UK Cyber Security Strategy 2.0
By Gordon Morrison
The much anticipated new version of the Cyber Security Strategy is finally out. But is it any
good? Well, generally its reception has been good and, from an Intellect
point of view, we support it. In particular, Intellect was very pleased to
see some ...
Intellect Blog

MEF hosts Seminar on eCrime | Isle News : Isle of Man
By Jamesq
The event was well attended by industry participants, David Butterworth of
Skanco Business Systems Limited commented; “People with Cybersecurity skills are in
short supply and the Isle of Man has the opportunity to address that gap, to
the ...
Isle News : Isle of Man